Worst company I have worked for - Anonymous employee Real Chemistry Employee Review

1.0
Nov 20, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some nice colleagues to share the pain

Cons

Everything, where to start? Employees are expected to work large amounts of overtime, unpaid and without time in lieu. Employees are seen as a disposable resource and HR use implicit and explicit threats to keep employees in line. Middle and senior management is terrible, I have never before seen so many insecure people who try to mask their insecurities by keeping other people down and throwing stones in their way. On top of that there is a strong culture of licking upwards and kicking downwards through all the management levels. The work is very repetitive, which is especially tragic for a company that prides itself on being disruptive. Everyone, from intern to senior manager and director level essentially does the same "research", which more often than not consists of looking at some Twitter data and making up "insights".

Explore other reviews about Real Chemistry

5.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work and flexibility, good work life balance

Cons

Can be disorganized and not many vacation days

1.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- none. this company is soul suckingly inefficient and they prefer it that way

Cons

- the most dishonest and toxic work environment that I have ever been a part of - the most unqualified management that I have come across (I have worked across numerous agencies - the work is sketchy at best and clients are grossly over billed. Pressuring employees to over bill clients and trying to force inaccurate or incomplete work through the purposely inefficient review processes is common practice at RC - if you do not over bill your clients your managers will begin to micromanage you in a manner that hints at you not doing enough. - Account teams know nothing about media or advertising and make the most uninformed promises to clients and that media activation is constantly on the hook and being blamed for - they hire very little or no men in general. this place is like a toxic middle school atmosphere, it is truly exhausting to be a part of. - managers will routinely insult you in a way you've never been insulted before at work and nothing will be done about it - information is usually gate kept and teams will prevent you from doing your job while management is asking that you contribute more.

7
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All